Comprehensive Unicode Test Page for
the BlackfootSyllabary

This page tests the original 1880s Blackfoot Syllabary subset of the "Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics" Unicode block.It is part of the Gallery of Unicode Fonts and is based on the following sources:

The Unicode Standard (version 5.0.0)

Chris Harvey's Syllabics pages(His charts are a much better place to find language-related information.)

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Note that the letters used in column/row headings represent the Unicode designations, not necessarily how the letters would be transcribed using the Latin alphabet.

Blackfoot syllable matrix

vowels

A

E

I

O

initialconsonant

ᖳ

ᖰ

ᖱ

ᖲ

finalconsonant

U+15B3

U+15B0

U+15B1

U+15B2

P

ᑫ

ᑭ

ᑯ

ᑲ

ᐤ

U+146B

U+146D

U+146F

U+1472

U+1424

T

ᒣ

ᒥ

ᒧ

ᒪ

ᐨ

U+14A3

U+14A5

U+14A7

U+14AA

U+1428

K

ᖿ

ᖼ

ᖽ

ᖾ

ᘁ

U+15BF

U+15BC

U+15BD

U+15BE

U+1601

M

ᒉ

ᒋ

ᒍ

ᒐ

ᐢ

U+1489

U+148B

U+148D

U+1490

U+1422

N

ᖻ

ᖸ

ᖹ

ᖺ

ᐡ

U+15BB

U+15B8

U+15B9

U+15BA

U+1421

S

ᓭ

ᓯ

ᓱ

ᓴ

ᔈ

U+14ED

U+14EF

U+14F1

U+14F4

U+1508

Y

ᔦ

ᔨ

ᔪ

ᔭ

U+1526

U+1528

U+152A

U+152D

W

ᖷ

ᖴ

ᖵ

ᖶ

U+15B7

U+15B4

U+15B5

U+15B6

H

ᑊ

U+144A

KH

ᐦ

U+1426

modifying marks

ᐟ

"i" diphthong Appending this mark to an a-, e-, or o-syllable (with or without an initial consonant) changes the syllable to an ai-, ei- or oi-syllable respectively. For example "pai" should be written as U+146B U+141F, not U+146B U+15B1.

U+141F

ᐠ

"o" diphthong Appending this mark to an a- or e-syllable (with or without an initial consonant) changes the syllable to an ao- or eo-syllable respectively. For example "kao" should be written as U+15BF U+1420, not U+15BF U+15B2.

U+1420

ᐧ

plus "s" A consonant + s + vowel sequence is written as consonant + vowel + U+1427. For example "kso" is written as U+15BE U+1427.

U+1427

ᑉ

plus "y" A consonant + y + vowel sequence is written as consonant + vowel + U+1449. For example "kyo" is written as U+15BE U+1449.

U+1449

plus "w" A consonant + w + vowel sequence is written as consonant + vowel + <a mark that looks like a raised, half-size equals sign>I am unable to find this character in Unicode but it would look something like this: =